| File Type 1 |
Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (Most common) |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
ASCII-based font format used on both Macintosh and Windows systems; stores Adobe screen fonts as human-readable data; must be placed in the system Fonts folder in order to be recognized by applications. |
| Program(s) that open bdf files |
Mac / Windows: Referenced by programs that access system fonts |
| File Type 2 |
MIDAS BDF Disk Image File |
| File Format |
Standard File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Disk image format used by ESO-MIDAS ( European Southern Observatory-Munich Image Data Analysis System) software; used primarily for storing astronomy data, such as stellar and surface photometry.
Can be read and analyzed on Unix and Open VMS systems using ESO-MIDAS software. |
| Program(s) that open bdf files |
Unix: ESO-MIDAS |
| File Type 3 |
Binary Data File |
| File Format |
Standard File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Binary data format readable by forensic data analysis programs; used for identifying raw data recovered from blocks of unallocated space on a hard drive.
BDF files are recognized by E-mail Detective, a forensic software program that can extract text and images from AOL email files. |
| Program(s) that open bdf files |
Windows: Hot Pepper Technology E-mail Detective |
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